Reversible plow



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J. HANAPEL.

REVERSIBLE PLOW.

No. 309,945. Patented Dec. 30, 1884.

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JOHN I-IANAPEL, OF SPRINGBROOK, IO\VA.

REVERSIBLE PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 309,945, dated December 30, 1884.

Application tiled June 2. 189-1. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J onn HANAPEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springbrook, in the county of Jackson and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improve mentsin Combined Right andLeft Hand Plows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to right and left hand plows in which the plow-beam and moldboard are reversible; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same, as hereinafter shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view ofa right and left hand plow having my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side view of the side opposite to that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view ofthc plow with the beam turned partly around.

A designates the plow-beam, and B the standard, to the lower end of which is fastened the landside O at its longitudinalcenter. The lower part of the standard is made tiat, the upper end being made cylindrical and reduced to form a neck or spindle which passes upward through a sleeve, D, into a recess in the plow-beam. The sleeve is formed with a T head or plate, a, at the top, on which the plow-beam rests, and the parts are secured together by a nut, c, on the upper extremity of the standard,which is threaded, and the bolts I) which pass through plate a. and the plowbeam, as shown. The lower end of sieeveD is either enlarged or provided with a band, (I, rigidly attached thereto, 011 the lower edge of which and partly around the circumference are formed cogs c, which engage with teeth on the segment 1). The plate forming segment E is carried by an arbor, f, which passes through an arm of the plate, and also through standard B, and is coupled by a ball-and-soeketjoint, g, with the mold-board F at a central point near its upper edge.

Fixed rigidly on arbor f between the standard and the mold-board is an arm, 71, which extends downward, and has at its lower end a triple ball-and-socket-joint coupling, 1", from which two arms, at m extend inopposite directions, and have their outward ends sever ally connected by ball-andsocket joints with the mold-board at points equidistant from its longitudinal center and near its lower edge, as

shown. The mold-board has also a connection by ball and socket at its lower center with the double share, as indicated by 70. The share forms substantially two shares, GG, pointing in opposite directions and joining at p, and are constructed to turn the sod in the same manner in both directions: The mold-board F is made substantially in the form shown,with the lower edges, o o, forming an obtuse angle, so that it may be closed against the upper edge of either share, and when closed against one share it is raised from the opposite share, as seen in Fig. 1. The i'nold-board is automatically brought in posit-ion to operate in connection with either share by devices described as follows: On arbor f, outsideof plate E, is

rigidly attached aplate, g. which has a curved slot, into which projects a stud or pin, 5, fixed to plate E, and when this plate, by the rotary movement of sleeve D engaging with it, is caused to incline in one direction the arbor f, through slotted plate q and studs, is slightly rotated, imparting a lateral movement in the opposite direction to arm h, connected as aforesaid by arms on with the mold-board, and the latter is turned to aposit-ion (shown in Fig. 1) with one lower edge closed against the upper edge of a share, the opposite end of the moldboard being raised.

H indicates a bolt passing into apertures in sleeve D and standard B, said bolt moving in a guide, I, depending from the plow-beam. and being pressed forward by a spring, a, to lock the beam to the standard. The bolt is withdrawn by means of a lever, K, pivoted in a slot to beam A and connected by rod 0' with the bolt.

Vhcn it is desired to reverse the movement of the plow, it is moved out of the furrow and the bolt l-I withdrawn. The team is turned toward the unplowed ground, the plow-beam with sleeveD attached turning on the standard.

The sleeve engaging with segment E brings it edgewise to an inclined position. The studs, meantime moving along the slot in plate q, catches againstthe plate at the end of the'slot, and thus slightly rotates the arbor f, causing a lateral movement of fixed arm h, which moves the mold-board, raising it from one share and closing it against the upper edge of the opposite share, when the inoldboard and share are in position to operate in the opposite diing the edges 1 v and loosely connected with reetion, and the plow-beam meantime having the plowshare, arbor f, provided with fixed 15 been reversedin position the bolt His pressed arm h, arms m, having loose connections with by the spring into the aperture in the standthe mold-board, and suitable means for rotat- 5 ard, locking the beam. ing arborf, substantially as set forth and de- I claimscribed. 1. In a plow, in combination with the plow- 3. In combination with the plow-beam, 2o

beam and standard, the sleeve D, provided standard B, sleeve D, having plate a, with bolts with cogs e, segmental gear E,With stud 8, slot- 0, spring-bolt n, with guide I, and pivoted le- 10 ted plate q, and arborf, provided with arm h, ver K, substantially as set forth.

loosely connected with the mold-board, sub- WVitnesses: JOHN HANAPEL. stantially as and for the purposes set forth. ANTON \VEINsoHENK, 2. In combination with a mold board hav- XVILLIAM KEGLER. 

